The effectiveness of qualification measures for employed workers - An evaluation study for Saxony

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2279-2301

  Fertig, Michael ^a  

^a Rheinisch Westfalisches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPLOYMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR POLICY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 34848889262     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600707233     Document Type: Article

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